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COMMON SCOLD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does common scold mean?
• COMMON SCOLD (noun)
The noun COMMON SCOLD has 1 sense:
1. someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault
Familiarity information: COMMON SCOLD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
common scold; nag; nagger; scold; scolder
Hypernyms ("common scold" is a kind of...):
disagreeable person; unpleasant person (a person who is not pleasant or agreeable)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "common scold"):
harridan (a scolding (even vicious) old woman)
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